Construction company brings lawsuit alleging failure to pay
There are many different types of contracts construction companies enter into during the course of doing business. One type of contract construction companies sometimes form with other companies are contracts involving the exchange of goods/services for payment. Construction companies can suffer great harm when they live up to the terms of such a contract and the company they formed the contract with does not. One action a construction company will sometimes take in response to such a contractual breach is bringing a breach of contract lawsuit. What ultimately happens in such cases can be very impactful.
Recently, a breach of contract case has arisen in Texas. The case involves a construction company.
Couple claims home contained construction defects
It can be a very serious matter when a home construction company is accused of having constructed a home that contained defects. Sometimes, a lawsuit will be brought against a construction company in connection to such allegations. What happens in such cases can be very impactful.
Recently, a case involving allegations of construction defects has arisen. The case involves a home in Barboursville, West Virginia.
Texas and energy groups in federal court over EPA rules
Everyone who runs a business knows that there is usually a complex web of federal and state regulations that they have to be able to navigate in order to avoid costly business litigation. Nowhere has that been more apparent in the last few years than in the energy industry, one of the bedrock industries of Texas.
Texas, a handful of other states, and trade groups representing energy companies were in federal court in the nation's capital earlier this week, arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency was rushing states into compliance with greenhouse gas-emission rules.
Court denies intervention, attorney to file additional suits
A Woodlands attorney will file a lawsuit against The Woodlands Land Development Company today after The Beaumont Court of Appeals denied the intervention of six homeowners to be a part of a lawsuit filed against TWLDC.
Supreme Court wrestles with Indian adoption dispute
The Supreme Court is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a American Indian child, a biological father who first renounced any interest in her, and adoptive parents who eventually were ordered to hand her over to the father.
Exclusive: At Texas fertilizer plant, a history of theft, tampering
The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded two weeks ago, killing 14 people and injuring about 200, was a repeat target of theft by intruders who tampered with tanks and caused the release of toxic chemicals, police records reviewed by Reuters show.
West, Texas plant explosion victims known for willingness to help others
Firefighters who rushed to be first on the scene, neighbors who never thought twice about helping others and new residents settling into a small town will be memorialized Thursday at Baylor University. At least 15 were killed last week when a fertilizer plant exploded.
Texas Fertilizer Plant Fell Through Regulatory Cracks
In the moments after a fire broke out at a fertilizer plant here last week, some of the volunteer firefighters and other first responders who rushed to the scene appeared to have known that there were tons of dangerously combustible ammonium nitrate inside, but others did not.
Residents Begin the Long Process of returning Home to West, Texas
Residents rendered homeless from the West, Texas explosion began to return to their homes to assess the damage from the blast.
Investigation into Cause of Explosion Continues
The EPA and the ATF continue to work with state investigators to determine exactly how the explosion occurred in West, Texas that liked 14 people, wounded hundreds and left still hundreds more homeless.